diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d7aab6631aa16ff14801267e54a3fb5d6869533b..05c996b7d0d90277a698860dea171cbc605a893c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ check:links:
      - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
      - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
    before_script:
+     - cp .ci/jsonWhitelist.txt build/external/.
      - cp -r build/external checkFolder
-     - cp .ci/jsonWhitelist.txt checkFolder/.
    script:
      - docker run -v "$(pwd)"/build/external:/checkFolder -t git-r3lab.uni.lu:4567/r3/apps/tailorbird/linkchecker